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Country Visit: Mozambique

The UN Special Rapporteur most recent African country visit, in April 2013 was in Mozambique. The final report is not available yet.

ESR Review no. 2 of 2013 ESR Review no. 2 of 2013

This is the second issue of the ESR Review in 2013, which recognises and applauds the important role that the youth and women play in our country.

CLC looks into constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia CLC looks into constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia

Constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia is primarily the responsibility of the House of Federation, Ethiopia’s upper house. In line with this, the Community Law Centre’s Multi-Level Government Initiative (MLGI) and the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy hosted a discussion on "Constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia" on the Tuesday 2 September.

Conference papers are now available here!

The draft papers for the Constitution-Building in Africa Conference are now available on our interactive programme with the speakers bio's as well as the abstracts.

Judges are key in constitution making Judges are key in constitution making

In most cases constitution making process cannot be completed without some involvement from judges. Have African judges so far realised the importance of building strong constitutional governance, Sofie Baker Djoumessi Kenfack, International Relations Institute of Cameroon questions? In her talk she looks at the responsibility of the judge in the development of constitutional governance in Africa.

Focus on transitional constitution of South Sudan Focus on transitional constitution of South Sudan

Speakers at the Constitution-Building in Africa conference will also look at one of the youngest country in Africa, South Sudan. The conference which will take place this Friday is expected to attract people from across the continent. There will be over thirty presentation delivered at this conference centred around four themes; limiting the power of the state; designing state institutions that serve the country; how to achieve a democratic and inclusive process of constitution making; and making a constitution work.

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